Entry № 3116 · Anglo-Saxon origin

Etheldreda Etheldreda — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ EH-thel-DREE-dah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Anglo-Saxon
Meaning
"Noble strength (Anglo-Saxon saint of Ely)"
Syllables
4
First recorded
Medieval (Anglo-Saxon)

A name that means "noble strength (anglo-saxon saint of ely)".

636-679) was the East Anglian princess who founded Ely Abbey — one of the most powerful Anglo-Saxon women.

The name Audrey is the modern descendant of Etheldreda.

Anglo-Saxon Saint of Ely Abbey.

The name in its native script.

Etheldreda
Transliteration
Etheldreda
Pronunciation
/ ˌɛθ.əlˈdriː.də /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Etheldreda stands.

Etheldreda does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Etheldredas before her.

Real people
Saint Etheldreda
Anglo-Saxon abbess of Ely.
c. 636 – 679
In fiction
Etheldreda
Common in Anglo-Saxon historical fiction.

Names connected to Etheldreda.

The number behind Etheldreda.

1

The Leader

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Etheldreda reduce to 1, The Leader. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.